"Academy Award for Best Actress. British film magazine ""Empire"" included Poppins (as played by Andrews) in their 2011 list of 100 greatest movie characters. A quintessential English nanny, Mary Poppins is a slightly stern but caring woman, who uses magic and self-control to take care of the Banks children. She is usually identifiable by her sensible hat and parrot umbrella which she brings with her wherever she goes on outings. She is kind towards the children, but can be firm when needed. She is ""practically perfect in every way."" In the film version, she is a young woman, with an"
"painted over, except where the gold bells and trim are showing through, with exceptionally striking translucent treatment of the rosettes on Jingles' head. Decoration detail was painted on the saddle blanket representing the talking parrot-handled umbrella from ""Mary Poppins"", and in four quarters as a crest upon the kneepad - the monogram ""JA"", a robin perched upon high button shoes, the silhouette of Mary in flight and a number 50 representing the 50 Magical Years anniversary of this original Disneyland attraction featured on opening day - all showing through in gold with blue outline. Jingles was then ceremoniously dedicated to"
"his next crime except he has the idea of somehow making Batman help him. Batman and Robin decide to pay a call on Penguin, who, under the alias K.G. Bird (""""cagey bird"""") now operates an umbrella store. As soon as they leave, Penguin launches a giant umbrella, featuring a multicolored umbrella (complete with Oswald's hidden transmitter) attached to its handle, from his store's roof. The umbrella lands in the middle of the street, and the Duo investigate. While they discover nothing special about it beyond its immense size, they do retrieve the normal-sized umbrella that is hanging from the giant's"
"resemble the head of an antelope at its base. Antelope horns and warthog tusks are the most important and most common attribute of the masks. Occasionally, porcupine quills and ‘magic’ feathers may be inserted into the mouth and muzzle. The masks may also hold inscribed images of birds such as the African Fish Eagle, the shrike, or the hornbill, eating a chameleon attached to a cup. The cup is said to symbolize a container for magical herbs. Many of these image have unknown symbolic meaning. One of these masks is owned by the Art Institute of Chicago and is part"
"She is holding a spear in the other hand. She wears an aegis and a helmet. The names Epiur and Hercle are inscribed above their respective figures, but the female is not named. She is identified as Menrva. Epiur Epiur is an Etruscan mythological figure that appears on bronze Etruscan engraved mirrors. He is shown as an infant that has the face of a young man. He is also often winged and being held by Hercle or Menrva, who are charged with the protection and care of infants. He is also often shown to be presented to other gods. The"
"Mary Poppins (character) Mary Poppins is a fictional character and the eponymous protagonist of P. L. Travers's ""Mary Poppins"" books and all of their adaptations. A magical English nanny, she blows in on the East Wind and arrives at the Banks home at Number Seventeen Cherry Tree Lane, London, where she is given charge of the Banks children and teaches them valuable lessons with a magical touch. Travers gives Poppins the accent and vocabulary of a real London nanny: cockney base notes overlaid with a strangled gentility. Julie Andrews, who played the character in the 1964 film adaptation, won the"
"Caterpillar (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) The Caterpillar (also known as the Hookah-Smoking Caterpillar) is a fictional character appearing in Lewis Carroll's book ""Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"". Introduced in Chapter Four (""Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill"") and the main center of interest of Chapter V (""Advice from a Caterpillar""), the Caterpillar is a hookah-smoking caterpillar exactly three inches high (a height, the virtues of which, he defends against Alice's complaint). Alice does not like the Caterpillar when they first meet, because he does not immediately talk to her and when he does, it is usually in short, rather rude sentences,"
"Emily (TV series) Emily (""Émilie"" in the original French) is a cartoon that often aired on the Nickelodeon children's variety show, ""Pinwheel"". The cartoon follows the adventures of Emily, a little girl who wears only red. Emily has a pet hedgehog named Humphrey (Arthur in the French version). Other characters include Emily's cousins Alexander and Nicholas, her English friend Gregory, her friend Chloe, her little sister Pat (Elise in France), her big brother Stephen and his friends William and Sydney. The episodes show Emily facing her fears (fear of the dark, bed-wetting, and the hospital), managing relationships (jealousy of her"
"Alice the Goon Alice the Goon is a fictional character in E. C. Segar's comic strip ""Thimble Theatre"" and in the ""Popeye"" cartoon series derived from it. Alice made her debut in the Sunday, December 10, 1933, ""Thimble Theatre"" strip, part of the ""Plunder Island"" storyline. Initially unnamed and of unspecified sex, she works as a guard for the Sea Hag, a vicious pirate and the last sorceress on Earth. Alice is portrayed as an Amazonian giantess (eight feet tall), bald, with a large nose (reminiscent of a proboscis monkey, or of Rastapopoulos from ""The Adventures of Tintin""), no visible"
"a grotesque caricature of a Victorian gentleman: a rotund figure in cape and top hat (hiding his horns), with a perpetual enormous grin and ""pince-nez"" spectacles. Although his attitude is often cheerful, he is quick to reveal his more intimidating, malicious side. The Earl has a golem named , a pink umbrella with a small, talking jack-o-lantern at its tip. It usually talks excitedly or screams, adding its name to the end of almost every sentence. Lero, used by the Earl as a Mary Poppins-type flying umbrella, is very loyal to him and guards his sword. Road often takes Lero"
"Hour"". Alice the Goon Alice the Goon is a fictional character in E. C. Segar's comic strip ""Thimble Theatre"" and in the ""Popeye"" cartoon series derived from it. Alice made her debut in the Sunday, December 10, 1933, ""Thimble Theatre"" strip, part of the ""Plunder Island"" storyline. Initially unnamed and of unspecified sex, she works as a guard for the Sea Hag, a vicious pirate and the last sorceress on Earth. Alice is portrayed as an Amazonian giantess (eight feet tall), bald, with a large nose (reminiscent of a proboscis monkey, or of Rastapopoulos from ""The Adventures of Tintin""), no"
"simply a vessel for the birth of Minerva. The constant pounding and ringing left Jupiter with agonizing pain. To relieve the pain, Vulcan used a hammer to split Jupiter's head and, from the cleft, Minerva emerged, whole, adult, and in full battle armor. She was the virgin goddess of music, poetry, medicine, wisdom, commerce, weaving, and the crafts. She is often depicted with her sacred creature, an owl usually named as the ""owl of Minerva"", which symbolised her association with wisdom and knowledge as well as, less frequently, the snake and the olive tree. Minerva was worshipped at several locations"
"Umbrella (children's book) Umbrella by Taro Yashima is a children's picture book that was named the 1959 Caldecott Honor Book. It was originally published in 1958 then later reprinted in August 1977 by Puffin Books. ""Umbrella"" is a short story where a little girl is the principal character. Her name is Momo, which means ""peach"" in Japanese, and she was born in New York. Momo carries the blue umbrella and wears the rubber boots that she was given on her third birthday. She asks her mother every day to use her umbrella. Momo tried to tell her mother she needed"
"legend ""The Hunt of the Unicorn"", otherwise known as ""The Unicorn Tapestries"" displayed at Stirling Castle and New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, the unicorn denotes Jesus Christ: ""Christ will be called the son of unicorns, for the unicorn is irresistible in might and unsubjected to man"". The Hunt of the Unicorn is a love story involving Christ the unicorn, mankind and a maiden. The chained unicorn represents a risen Christ, in the garden of paradise and the chains around the unicorn represent the chains of Christ's love for the maiden and mankind. A form of these arms was first"
"lower ends terminating in birds' heads. The visor mask compliments the helmet by carrying similar repoussé decoration, depicting Mars on one side and Victory on the other. These two objects are not a fitting pair, although they can be considered together as each would have originally had been coupled with a similar complementary object. The unique Anglo-Saxon ceramic figurine now known as Spong Man was found in 1979 in Spong Hill. The figure is shown sat on a chair decorated with incised panelling and is leaning forwards with head in hands wearing a round flat hat. It is likely to"
"better people, but is ultimately driven to alcoholism. Natalie Schafer (as Lovey Howell) plays a ""Mary Poppins""-like character named Mary Poppedin in a dream sequence of the ""Gilligan's Island"" episode ""And Then There Were None"". Michael Rooker as Yondu in ""Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2"" (2017) shouts, ""I'm Mary Poppins, y'all!"" Mary Poppins (character) Mary Poppins is a fictional character and the eponymous protagonist of P. L. Travers's ""Mary Poppins"" books and all of their adaptations. A magical English nanny, she blows in on the East Wind and arrives at the Banks home at Number Seventeen Cherry Tree Lane,"
"review and wrote ""The pictures are full of the city's moods and the child's joy in a rainy day."" Umbrella (children's book) Umbrella by Taro Yashima is a children's picture book that was named the 1959 Caldecott Honor Book. It was originally published in 1958 then later reprinted in August 1977 by Puffin Books. ""Umbrella"" is a short story where a little girl is the principal character. Her name is Momo, which means ""peach"" in Japanese, and she was born in New York. Momo carries the blue umbrella and wears the rubber boots that she was given on her third"
"Gryphon (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) The Gryphon is a fictional character devised by Lewis Carroll in the popular book ""Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"". True to the conventional view of a griffin, he has the head, talons, and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion. The Gryphon appears to be somewhat overbearing and dismissive of the obsessions and dismays of other characters, such as the Mock Turtle's sorrow and the Queen of Hearts' executions, neither of which (according to the Gryphon) have any basis in fact. He speaks with a slightly ungrammatical Cockney-like accent and makes demands of"
"though stern, vain and usually cross, has a magical touch that makes her wonderful. Among the things Jane and Michael experience are a tea party on a ceiling with Mr. Wigg, a trip around the world with a compass, the purchase of gingerbread stars from the extremely old Mrs. Corry, a meeting with the Bird Woman, a birthday party at the zoo among the animals, and a Christmas shopping trip with a star named Maia from the Pleiades cluster of the Taurus constellation. In the end, in what is perhaps the most iconic image associated with Mary Poppins, she opens"
"of wind blows them away, and Jane and Michael witness a young nanny descending from the sky using her umbrella. Presenting herself to Mr. Banks, Mary Poppins calmly produces the children's restored advertisement, and agrees with its requests, but promises the astonished banker she will be firm with his children. As Mr. Banks puzzles over the advertisement's return, Mary Poppins hires herself, and convinces him it was originally his idea. She meets the children, then helps them tidy their nursery through song, before heading out for a walk in the park. Outside, they meet Bert, working as a screever; Mary"
"a window-washer by trade, and has a very good working relationship with his partners, the Giraffe whose neck can stretch out to any length and the Pelican (""Pelly), the top half of whose bill can collapse inwards like a tape-measure: the Giraffe is the ladder, the pelican (with his deeply pouched bill) is the bucket for the water, and the monkey cleans the windows with a cloth. He is an adept singer and dancer. Whilst he is working for the Duke of Hampshire, the Monkey and the Giraffe notice an armed burglar stealing the Duchess' jewellery, whereupon the Pelican traps"
"part of Tam Farrell. Kailar – A polar bear, descendant of the fighting bear Ragnar. Aids Ingavar in the search for the eye of Gawain. He too has become a part of Tam Farrell. Sedna – The sea goddess who had her fingers chopped off by her father. She retrieves the eye of Gawain for David in exchange for fingers. The fingers were her father's. David said there are eight fingers, four of which are good fingers from her father's hand which she kissed, and four fingers that are evil which were used to sever her own fingers in the"
"(""Parachute"" means ""shield from fall"".) The word ""umbrella"" evolved from the Latin ""umbella"" (an umbel is a flat-topped rounded flower) or ""umbra"", meaning shaded or shadow. In Britain, umbrellas were sometimes referred to as ""gamps"" after the character Mrs. Gamp in the Charles Dickens novel ""Martin Chuzzlewit"", although this usage is now obscure. Mrs. Gamp's character was well known for carrying an umbrella. ""Brolly"" is a slang word for umbrella, used often in Britain, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, and Kenya. ""Bumbershoot"" is a fanciful Americanism from the late 19th century. In all written records, the oldest reference to"
"sister), as well as playing and having fun (playing hide-and-seek, going to the circus). The author and illustrator of ""Émilie"", Domitille de Pressensé, is French and specializes in children's books. Emily (TV series) Emily (""Émilie"" in the original French) is a cartoon that often aired on the Nickelodeon children's variety show, ""Pinwheel"". The cartoon follows the adventures of Emily, a little girl who wears only red. Emily has a pet hedgehog named Humphrey (Arthur in the French version). Other characters include Emily's cousins Alexander and Nicholas, her English friend Gregory, her friend Chloe, her little sister Pat (Elise in France),"
"Church. One such is that of the pelican. It was believed that a pelican was prepared to peck its own breast in order to feed its hungry young. Thus, the pelican became a symbol for the love of Christ for the Church. Creatures such as hares, geese, monkeys, foxes, lions, camels, gryphons, unicorns, bees, and storks abound in the decorative carvings of capitals, wall arcading, ceiling bosses and the wooden fittings of cathedrals. Some, like the Gargoyles of Notre Dame, are well known to many. Others, like the ""Blemyah"" and Green Man of Ripon Cathedral in England, lurk underneath the"
"character Christopher Robin was based. The rest of Christopher Robin Milne's toys – Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo, and Tigger – were incorporated into Milne's stories. Two more characters, Owl and Rabbit, were created by Milne's imagination, while Gopher was added to the Disney version. Christopher Robin's toy bear is on display at the Main Branch of the New York Public Library in New York City. Christopher Milne had named his toy bear after Winnie, a Canadian black bear he often saw at London Zoo, and ""Pooh"", a swan they had met while on holiday. The bear cub was purchased from"
"Gwillan – A puffler dragon, he enjoys cleaning, and watering plants for Liz. Spikey – An albino hedgehog. Ragnar – One of the legendary polar bears who has fighting scars all over him. He is said to have roared so loudly that a tooth came out of his mouth, and he pounded it into the ice and formed the island called the Tooth of Ragnar. Lorel – An ancient polar bear that is known as the Teller of Ways and tries to reach David to give him more information on the Fire Tear. Bonnington – The Pennykettle's cat who inherits"
"Jane and Michael Banks. The release date is 21 December 2018 in the US and the UK. Mary Poppins is a magical nanny who sweeps into the Banks home on Cherry Tree Lane and takes charge of the Banks children. She never acknowledges her strange and magical powers, and feigns insult when one of the children refers to her previous adventures. She first arrives to them when she is blown to Cherry Tree Lane by the East Wind. At the end of the first book she opens up her umbrella to the West Wind and lets it lift her up"
"as someone the masked vigilante is capable of defeating with a solid punch. His crimes often revolve around stealing valuable bird-related items and his car and other vehicles often have an avian theme. The Penguin utilizes an assortment of umbrellas, particularly the Bulgarian umbrella. These usually contain weapons such as machine guns, sword tips, missiles, lasers, flamethrowers, and acid or poison gas spraying devices fired from the ferrule (however, the Penguin is able to weaponize his umbrellas in an almost unlimited variety of ways). Depending on the writer, some of his umbrellas can carry multiple weapons at once. He often"
"the left hand. The goddess is wearing her battle headgear and flowing robe, further from Minerva's right hand is her symbol, the owl. The bowl has two handles, each measuring 3.4 cm in length. The bowl itself weighs 2.388 kg, having 25 cm in diameter and 7.1 cm in depth. The krater was lost during 1945, and now shown in plaster copy. Other notable items are paterae with the high relief of infant Hercules strangling the serpents and with the low relief heads of Attis and Cybele. There are also three calyx bowls with heavy rims, a tripod bowl with"
"to the derelict Emerald City, ruled by Princess Mombi (Princess Langwidere in all but name, as well as keeping Ozma as her slave) and her Wheelers. In the second half of the film, Dorothy, Billina, Tik-Tok, Jack Pumpkinhead, and the Gump traveled to the Nome King's mountain, to rescue the Scarecrow from the King's ornament collection, which were emerald green unlike the book’s royal purple. The 1939 film ""The Wizard of Oz""'s famous ruby slippers were used in place of the magic belt. The 1986 anime adaptation of the first novel included this story. It was later shortened and edited"
"to make the toy when he came across a cartoon of Theodore Roosevelt refusing to shoot an American black bear cub tied to a tree. The fictional character Winnie-the-Pooh was named after Winnipeg, a female American black bear cub that lived at the London Zoo from 1915 until her death in 1934. An American black bear cub, who in the spring of 1950 was caught in the Capitan Gap Fire, was made into the living representative of Smokey Bear, the mascot of the United States Forest Service. Terrible Ted was a de-toothed and de-clawed American black bear who was trained"
"strip ""Popeye"" was originally called ""Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye"". The character Elizabeth in the video game ""BioShock Infinite"" uses a thimble to cover her severed little finger. Video montages and series of clips are often called ""thimble collections"". In the 2000 movie Chicken Run, Nick and Fetcher attempted to sell a couple of thimbles to Ginger as a ""quality, hand crafted tea set"", among a slew of other items. On December 3, 1979, a London dealer bid the sum of $18,000 USD for a dentil shaped Meissen porcelain thimble, circa 1740, at Christie's auction in Geneva, Switzerland. The thimble, just"